shapen

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shapen¹

Where it comes from

From shape (“external form”) + -en (“to make like”).

verb shapens · shapening · shapened

  1. rare To shape, form.

shapen²

Where it comes from

From Middle English schapen, ischepen, from Old English ġesċapen, from Proto-Germanic *skapanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *skapaną, equivalent to shape + -en (past participle ending).

verb

  1. obsolete, participle, past past participle of shape

adjective more shapen · most shapen

  1. in compounds Shaped; wrought with a definite shape. ill-shapen

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